61 articles in this issue
I. Torres-Pacheco, J. I. López-Arroyo, J. A. Aguirre-Gómez, R. G. Guevara-González, R. Yänez-López, M. I. Hernández-Zul, J. A. Quijano-Carranza
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Kyu-Tek Park, Sangmi Lee
Suppl. Fig. 3. A. SEM (ventro-lateral view) of the head of Diaphorina citri showing the flat aspect of the stylet-holding organ (so). B. A micrograph taken from a video of a feeding 5th instar D. citri nymph, showing the extended tip of the stylets (st) a... see more
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Serguei V. Triapitsyn, Christina D. Hoddle, Mohammad Hayat, Mark S. Hoddle
Julio Medal, Susan Halbert, Andrew Santa Cruz
El-Desouky Ammar, David G. Hall
Jie Zhang, Xue Zheng, Hu Jian, Xiaowa Qin, Fenghui Yuan, Runjie Zhang
The diversity and community structure of arthropods in an organic double-cropped rice ecosystem in Guangdong Province, China was studied. We compared the arthropod communities in the early season (Apr-Jul) crop to those in the late season (Aug-Nov) crop i... see more
Katherine A. Parys, Seth J. Johnson
Common salvinia, Salvinia minima Baker, is an aquatic invasive fern that obstructs waterways and impacts water quality throughout the southeastern United States. In an effort to establish populations for classical biological control of this weed, the weev... see more
R. L. Mangan, D. Chapa
The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), the principal vector of the pathogen of huanglongbing (HLB), has been reported to be transported in truckloads of oranges in Florida. Citrus, especially Key limes and lemons, are shipped to the U.S. from Mexican states that... see more
Luis F. Aristizábal, Kadya A. Ospina, Uver A. Vallejo, Efrain R. Henao, Misael Salgado, Steven P. Arthurs
We conducted a survey of insects and pest management practices on 40 farms growing Heliconia spp. and other Zingiberales in the central coffee region of Colombia in 2006 and 2007. Most farmers (87%) were concerned about insect pests in the plantation and ... see more
O. A. Oke, S. G. Sinon
A field experiment was conducted from Oct to Dec in the 2009 and 2010 planting seasons at the Vegetable Evaluation and Research Sub-Station farm located at Praslin, Seychelles to evaluate the effectiveness of 3 insecticides namely lambda-cyhalothrin, delt... see more
Danyelle Fitzgerald, Philip W. Tipping
Megamelus scutellaris Berg (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is a South American species that feeds on waterhyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes Mart. (Solms). This species exhibits significant wing dimorphism whereby fully winged adults (macropters) are capable of flig... see more
Lei Wang, Yijuan Xu, Ling Zeng
Bed bugs were common pests worldwide before World War II. They were almost completely eradicated in many countries by good hygienic conditions and application of insecticides. These pests are currently reemerging in many developed countries. We conducted ... see more
Lindsey R. Christ, James P. Cuda, William A. Overholt, Marcelo D. Vitorino, Abhishek Mukherjee
Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi (Anacardiaceae), a perennial woody plant native to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, has become one of the most invasive weeds in Florida. A leaflet pit galling psyllid, Calophya terebinthifolii B... see more
Douglas Zeppelini, Roniere A. Brito
A new species of springtail (Symphypleona, Collophoridae), Collophora brasilis sp. nov., is described, the first species known from Brazil. The species is distributed from the coastal region to the semi-arid region in northeastern Brazil. It is characteri... see more
Maria Adriana Torqueti Rodrigues, Fabricio Fagundes Pereira, Samir Oliveira Kassab, Patrik Luiz Pastori, Daniele Fabiana Glaeser, Harley Nonato De Oliveira, José Cola Zanuncio
Knowledge of the thermal requirements of Trichospilus diatraeae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is important if it is to be used successfully in to control Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in sugarcane plantations. In the current study, the develop... see more
Qiyun Xu, Fanghua Chai, Xincheng An, Shichou Han
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), a major pest of protected and outdoor crops worldwide, has developed resistance to a wide range of insecticides including organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates (CBs). The biochemical target of OPs and CBs is acetyl... see more
Jian J. Duan, Philip B. Taylor, Roger W. Fuester, Robert R. Kula, Paul M. Marsh
We conducted field surveys of the emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, and associated larval parasitoids in western and central Pennsylvania (Cranberry Township in Butler County and Granville in Mifflin County) in the spring and fall of... see more
Vitor H. Beloti, Gabriel R. Rugno, Marcos R. Felippe, Alexandre Do Carmo-Uehara, Luiz F. Garbim, Wesley A. C. Godoy, Pedro T. Yamamoto
The purpose of this work was to study the population dynamics of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in orchards of ‘Valencia’ orange, ‘Ponkan’ mandarin, and ‘Murcott’ tangor trees located at the São José farm in the municipality of Taquariti... see more
Ted D. Center, Katherine Parys, Mike Grodowitz, Gregory S. Wheeler, F. Allen Dray, Charles W. O'Brien, Seth Johnson, Al Cofrancesco
The semi-aquatic weevil Bagous hydrillae was released during 1991–1996 at 19 sites in 4 states in attempts to control the aquatic weed hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata. Fourteen of the sites were in Florida, 2 each in Texas and Georgia and one site in Alab... see more
Fatima Lizeth Gandarilla-Pacheco, Luis J. Galán-Wong, J. I. López-Arroyo, Raúl Rodríguez-Guerra, Isela Quintero-Zapata
Huanglongbing (HLB), considered one of the most lethal diseases of citrus worldwide, has reached the main areas of Mexican lime (Citrus latifolia Tanaka) fruit production on the Pacific coast of México. Growers have initiated intensive use of insecticides... see more
Sanjeev Kumar, Jaspreet K. Sidhu, Jason C. Hamm, Jagdev S. Kular, Manjit S. Mahal
Phenacoccus solenopsis, the cotton mealy bug, has emerged as a serious pest of cotton in India, necessitating basic studies on its development and survival at different temperatures (20, 25, 30 and 35 °C) and relative humidities (RH) (65, 75 and 85 ± 1 %)... see more
Mikdat Doganlar, Bruno Zaché, Carlos Frederico Wilcken
In this paper a new parasitoid Megastigmus Dalman, 1820 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Torymidae: Megastigminae) species was described in the subgenus Torymus, associated with the gall-forming Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in e... see more
Silvia Ghesini, Mario Marini
The yellow-necked drywood termite, Kalotermes flavicollis (F.), so called due to the yellow pronotum of its alates, is the only species in the genus Kalotermes known for Europe. In some Italian localities, K. flavicollis swarms can contain a small proport... see more
The encyrtid wasp, Psyllaphycus diaphorinae Hayat, was reared from nymphs of Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, on Citrus spp. and Murraya sp. collected in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. This discovery is a new host record for P. diaphorinae,... see more
Hannara Park gen. nov., related to Crocanthes Meyrick, 1886 (Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae), is described from New Guinea, based on the type species, Hannara buloloensis Park sp. nov. and H. gentis Park sp. nov. Illustrations of adults, labial palpi, and g... see more
Rafael C. Ribeiro, Walkymário De P. Lemos, Júlio César M. Poderoso, Tiago G. Pikart, José C. Zanuncio
Joe Funderburk, Mrittunjai Srivastava, Charles Funderburk, Sarah McManus
César Ruiz-Montiel, Rafael Flores-Peredo, Vidal Hernández-Librado, Carlos Patricio Illescas-Riquelme, Paola Ivett Domínguez-Espinosa, Jaime C. Piñero
Evan S. Childress, Aaron A. Koning
George Matusick, Roger D. Menard, Yuan Zeng, Lori G. Eckhardt
M. Mani, Sunil Joshi, M. Kalyanasundaram, C. Shivaraju, A. Krishnamoorthy, R. Asokan, K. B. Rebijith
Xulin Chen, Eric Rohrig, Philip A. Stansly
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Clay W. Scherer
Steven M. Valles, Sanford D. Porter
Daniell R. R. Fernandes, Alessandra M. Vacari, Elton L. Araujo, Jorge A. Guimarães, Sergio A. De Bortoli, Nelson W. Perioto
The bean plataspid, Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Hemiptera: Plataspidae), is reported in Florida for the first time. It was found during Mar-Oct 2012 in kudzu patches (Pueraria montana Lour (Merr.) (Fabales: Fabaceae) in 16 Florida counties. Its host range i... see more
Claubert W. G. De Menezes, Marcus A. Soares, Sebastião L. De Assis Júnior, Sady Júnior M. C. De Menezes, José B. Dos Santos, José C. Zanuncio
Differences in ultrastructure of the mouthparts in nymphs and adults of the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), vector of the bacterium associated with citrus huanglongbing disease, were studied using scanning electron microscopy... see more
Júlio César M. Poderoso, Maria Kátia M. Da Costa, Maria E. Correia-Oliveira, Priscylla C. Dantas, José C. Zanuncio, Genésio T. Ribeiro
Vivian Siqueira Dutra, Beatriz Ronchi-Teles, Marcos Vinicius Bastos Garcia, Ricardo Adaime, Janisete Gomes Silva
G. P. Bhawane, A. B. Mamlayya
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Paul D. Pratt, Min B. Rayamajhi, Philip W. Tipping, Ted D. Center
Mohammad Shadmany, Dzolkhifli Omar, Rita Muhamad
This article was originally published on May 28, 2013, and has been corrected (June 13, 2013).View this article in BioOne
Mark Deyrup, Robert A. Belmont
V. Fernández-Arhex, M. Buteler, M. E. Amadio, A. Enriquez, A. L. Pietrantuono, T. Stadler, G. Becker, O. Bruzzone
Norman C. Leppla, Harold A. Denmark, Gary J. Steck
Javier Ruiz-De La Cruz, Alfonso Vásquez-López, Axel P. Retana-Salazar, José Antonio Mora-Aguilera, Roberto Johansen-Naime
We describe Aeolothrips romanruizi sp. nova that has been recently discovered in mango orchards in the Isthmus region of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Aeolothrips romanruizi sp. nova exhibits an ornamentation of the mesonotum and metanotum very different fro... see more
John L. Capinera
Norman C. Leppla
Huanglongbing (HLB), the citrus disease associated with the bacteria ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, is the most important threat of the Mexican citrus industry. Since 2009, this bacterium has been detected in 11 out of 23 citrus producing states of ... see more
Mahmut Dogramaci, Steven P. Arthurs, Jianjun Chen, Lance Osborne
Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element in soils, and at elevated concentration levels in plant tissue Si is reported to improve plant resistance to a range of biotic and abiotic stresses. In the present study, Si solutions at 100, 300 or 500 mg ... see more
Luis C. Martínez, Angelica Plata-Rueda, José C. Zanuncio, José E. Serrao
Leucothyreus femoratus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is an important insect pest of oil palm plantations, because larvae and adults feed on plant roots and leaves, respectively. This suggests the necessity of comprehending the pest's feeding and b... see more
Yanqing Hu, Huilin Han, Min Wang
The new species, Casminola subseminigra sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Nolinae), is described from China. It is similar to C. seminigra (Hampson, 1896), but can easily be distinguished from it by the forewing lacking an antemedial line; the male genita... see more
Erdem Hizal, N. Nihan Parlak
Albizia julibrissin Durazz and Cercis siliquastrum L. (Fabales: Fabaceae) are native to Turkey and used as ornamentals. We studied the seed beetles Bruchidius terrenus (Sharp) and B. siliquastri Delobel (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), which infest... see more
Haidel Vargas-Madríz, Néstor Bautista-Martínez, Jorge Vera-Graziano, Cipriano García-Gutiérrez, Claudio Chavarín-Palacio
The effects of 2 varieties of tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., i.e., ‘Charanda F1’ and ‘Rafaello’, were evaluated on the morphometries of Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc). Eggs, nymphs, and adults of B. cockerelli were collected from 2 varieties of tomato, ‘... see more
Henry Y. Fadamiro, Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Yingfang Xiao, Joseph Anikwe
We evaluated 3 species of predacious mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae), Galendromus occidentalis (Nesbitt), Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and Neoseiulus californiens (McGregor), as biological control agents for citrus red mite, Panonychus citri (McGreg... see more
F. S. Fernandes, F. S. Ramalho, W. A. C. Godoy, J. K. S. Pachu, R. B. Nascimento, J. B. Malaquias, J. C. Zanuncio
Intercropping fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) with naturally colored cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) may provide a beneficial socioeconomic, ecological and environmental alternative for recuperating agribusiness in fennel and cotton cultivations in north... see more